Please read this all the way through, especially the "who I'm
looking for" section, before you message me.
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i'm funny and outspoken, sometimes quiet and often
thoughtful.
I consider myself an intellectual, with the occasional lowbrow
sense of humor of the average 14 year old.
I don't party too much these days, but I'll make it out to ALL the
summer concerts (and many of the winter ones too)

I can be quite parenthetic, tangential, superfluous and
occasionally wicked corny. I get distracted. I believe that
nobody's perfect, everyone is a work in progress, and that's just
fine. I value subjectivity and humility, and hope that you do
too.
I care about art and social justice, good food, culture and
families.
I was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and I've been in Brooklyn
since 2000.

I'm an adjunct teacher and freelance consultant and on the lookout
for a steady full-time gig. I read, I volunteer, I meditate, I get
out, I stay in.
I'd like to travel more, maybe live overseas for 6 mo to a year,
maybe Mexico City.
I like to kick it in Brooklyn, go to the movies, ride a bike when
the weather's nice, snuggle up when it's not. I like making crafty
things, taking and making photos, collages, paintings, and reading.
I do yoga regularly, eat healthy, occasionally hang out in a bar or
music venue (though I mostly quit drinking, I'm not uptight and I
could care less if you do).

Loved The Wire, Project Runway, Breaking Bad, RuPaul's Drag Race.
I've been doing the live streaming netflix thing more than watching
TV recently, although I have fairly low standards as far as TV is
concerned. I prefer comedy to other genres. The Goldbergs is OK. I
watch (and keep up to date on current events thanks to) Colbert and
Stewart. I listen to NPR.
My favorite food is avocado.
I regularly read New York Mag (though I let my subscription lapse).
I love books by and about New York/ers (Auster), Beats (Kerouak,
Burroughs), Russians (Lolita, Master and Margarita), short stories
by Cheever or Carver. Loved Middlesex, Cavalier & Clay, Life of
Pi, Oscar Wao, Freedom (Franzen), The Marriage Plot (Eugenides).
Just finished Just Kids.

Things I like that aren't books, movies, music or food: parties,
flea markets, antiques, museums and mellow bars, picknicking in
Prospect Park, biking around the 'hood, beaches, woods and
mountains, free concerts, block parties and hanging on the stoop in
the summer.

You probably shouldn't. I'm pretty ambivalent about dating these
days. That being said; go ahead and give it a shot if you think we
have something in common (no, really) and you meet my criteria in
regards to age and politics, first and foremost. And by all means,
if I messaged you first, respond in kind! Do it now!

Have a warm smile and easy laugh. Be a deep thinker and deep
feeler. Have an open heart.
The fact that I am a devoted and resolute feminist is not only not
a problem to you, but an asset.
Have something to say, and put a modicum of effort into this.
Please don't message me with some generic "Hi, How are you". Can't
think of anything to say? Maybe don't bother.
Be in the market for something moderately "serious”.
Hopefully be into kids – I’m aiming to have one soon.
I’m ultimately looking for something truly great – fun,
egalitarian, future-oriented, groovy, realistic, fulfilling – all
that. Anything short of amazing isn’t really worth a lot of my
time. In other words, if you’re not going to rock my world, don’t
rock my boat.